Better Quote by Michael Ignatieff

Abraham Lincoln did have intellectual instincts, a tremendous curiosity on a broad range of subjects, and a near-photographic memory for what he read. He…

— Allen C. Guelzo

He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that Book and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Lincoln is a genius of language and a brilliant writer who deserves to be seen as part of the canon of great writers in…

— Fred Kaplan

Abraham Lincoln was not philosopher, exactly. But he did have a strong mind, which sought generalizations as well as particulars. He had a terrific…

— William Lee Miller

Even the written history [of Abraham Lincoln's times] is poorly understood by most people.

— George Saunders

No one really knew the sciences except the Lord Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, by reason of his length of life and experience, as well…

— Roger Bacon

Abraham Lincoln had great clarity of mind and expression, and he worked to make it clearer -reading Euclid in his early 30s to train…

— William Lee Miller

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better…

— David Herbert Donald

A recommendation to scholars: Write only one book about Lincoln; give it your best shot, and then move on.

— Fred Kaplan

People who've written about Abraham Lincoln's writing emphasize how logical he was. His writing was a syllogistic tool. He would say, if A, then…

— George Saunders

Lincoln is distinguished from every other president, with the exception of Jefferson, in that we can be certain that he wrote every word to…

— Fred Kaplan

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.

— Robert Green Ingersoll